From London to New York: The moral misunderstanding of Muslims

Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli’s reaction to Zohran Mamdani’s election as mayor of New York offers a textbook example of the West’s moral misunderstanding of Muslims. Chikli wasn’t expressing a uniquely Israeli anxiety. His warning – “New York is walking with open eyes into the abyss that London already fell into” – echoes the same far-right rhetoric we heard when Sadiq Khan won the mayoralty of London. Yet nothing collapsed. London preserved its multicultural fabric, embracing nearly every faith. Khan never claimed to represent only the city’s Muslims. The same will happen with Mamdani. New York will not fall into any abyss, just as London didn’t. And Donald Trump’s declaration that any Jewish voter supporting Mamdani is “a fool” will […]